Chapter Summaries

After passing the written test, Team Seven and the other genin gathered for the second round of the Chunin Exams, where Karin served as chief examiner. She warned them that the Forest of Death exam could be deadly and that she would eliminate anyone she judged to have broken the rules.

• Uzumaki Naruto celebrated passing the written test and invited Sasuke to Ichiraku Ramen, but Sasuke said he needed to teach Kitahara a lesson.
• The genin assembled for the second round, and Sasuke refused Rock Lee's invitation to fight until after the exams.
• Karin introduced herself as chief examiner for the Heaven and Earth Scroll battle, surprising Uzumaki Naruto and upsetting Yamanaka Ino.
• Nara Shikamaru explained that the Forest of Death was dangerous and that Uchiha Itachi had arranged medical support to reduce casualties.
• Karin explained that teams had to obtain both scrolls and reach the tower, then warned that she would eliminate anyone she believed had violated the rules.

While Uchiha Itachi discussed the Five Kage Summit and Akatsuki’s threat, urgent reports revealed that Akatsuki had devastated both Kumogakure and Takigakure and captured their tailed-beast hosts. The story left Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito arguing over whether Hashirama was waiting for them in Takigakure.

• Karin monitored the Forest of Death while Itachi and Kisame left to discuss the Five Kage Summit.
• Itachi and Kisame discussed the other villages’ leaders, Itachi’s growing power, and the risks of seeking the Eight-Tails from Kumogakure.
• Darui arrived in Konoha and reported that Akatsuki had destroyed Kumogakure and captured Killer B.
• A Hokage advisor reported that Madara had fought Hashirama in the Land of Waterfalls, leaving Takigakure in ruins and the Seven-Tails jinchuriki missing.
• Madara insisted that Hashirama was waiting to fight him, while Obito warned that Takigakure could be a trap.

After Pain devastated Kumogakure, Darui pleaded with Tsunade for aid, while Itachi warned that the Akatsuki might target Naruto and ordered Konoha to strengthen security. In the Forest of Death, Hiruko targeted Team Seven, but Gamabunta alerted them to his presence, leaving Hiruko to confront Naruto.

• Darui described Kumogakure’s destruction and begged Tsunade to send help; Tsunade agreed to dispatch medical ninja.
• Itachi explained Pain’s power and warned that Naruto might be the Akatsuki’s next target, then ordered Anbu to check for infiltrators near Team Seven.
• Orochimaru stayed neutral as Hiruko attacked a Sunagakure genin and hid in the Forest of Death to target Sasuke and Naruto.
• Naruto summoned Gamabunta, who warned him that someone was watching before returning to Mount Myoboku.
• Sasuke threw a shuriken toward Hiruko’s hiding place, and Hiruko emerged, recognizing Naruto as another of Jiraiya’s disciples.

Team Seven defeated Hiruko during the Chunin Exams, and Karin detained him while accusing Sunagakure of conspiring against Konoha. After learning that the Seven-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had vanished, Itachi and Tsunade prepared for a final battle and decided to summon the Hokage of every generation.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura defeated Hiruko, took his Heaven and Earth Scrolls, and left him behind as they planned to rest and scout ahead.
• Karin bound Baki when he tried to attack Hiruko, ordered Hiruko interrogated, and proposed suspending Sunagakure's genin from the exams.
• Karin ordered Baki kept under guard and sent word to Tsunade, framing the situation as Sunagakure's plot against Naruto.
• Tsunade and Itachi discussed the missing Seven-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and prepared for Naruto to become the Akatsuki's next target.
• Itachi proposed summoning the Hokage of every generation for his succession ceremony, while Kisame explained that Kinkaku and Ginkaku had Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Kisame recalled that Uchiha elders readily shared records about Senju Tobirama, though they refused to discuss Uchiha Madara.

Tsunade and Itachi planned to search for Madara, while Madara confronted Nagato to reclaim his Rinnegan and ordered Black Zetsu to possess him. Nagato sent Konan and Sasori fleeing toward Konoha, and Deva Path Pain intercepted Madara as he pursued them.

• Itachi proposed sending Shisui’s Sage Mode students to find Madara, Obito, and Nagato before Madara reached Konoha.
• Madara confronted Obito, announced he would take back his eyes, and went to Nagato’s hideout with Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu began possessing Nagato, who struggled to resist as Madara declared that Nagato’s eyes and life were his to reclaim.
• Nagato ordered Konan and Sasori to escape to Konoha and tell Jiraiya and Itachi what had happened.
• Sasori carried Konan away with Chakra threads and summoned puppets to delay Madara, while Deva Path Pain kicked Madara and blocked his pursuit.
• Madara grabbed Deva Path Pain and challenged Nagato’s will and how long Pain could endure.

Nagato tried to save Konan and Sasori while Uchiha Madara pursued his plan to revive the Ten-Tails, but Uchiha Obito seized the chance to become its jinchuriki. Black Zetsu instead revived its mother, who restored Uchiha Madara’s sight and identified him as Indra.

• Nagato summoned an Archaeopteryx to carry Konan and Sasori out of the cave, but Uchiha Madara used Limbo to bring Deva Path Pain down and Nagato struggled against Black Zetsu.
• Uchiha Madara fed Kinkaku and Ginkaku, carrying Nine-Tails Chakra, to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which transformed into the Ten-Tails as Black Zetsu forced Nagato to begin the revival technique.
• Uchiha Obito appeared, took a Rinnegan, and began absorbing the Ten-Tails, telling Uchiha Madara he no longer trusted him.
• Black Zetsu pierced Uchiha Obito’s heart and declared that neither Obito nor Madara could bear the Ten-Tails’ full power before using Obito’s body to revive its mother.
• The white-haired woman restored Uchiha Madara’s Rinnegan and sight, then examined his Chakra and recognized him as Indra.

Black Zetsu revealed that he had manipulated Uchiha Madara to resurrect Otsutsuki Kaguya, who needed to absorb Chakra before casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi. As Kaguya prepared for the coming battle against Uchiha Itachi and the others, Black Zetsu proposed resurrecting two ancient figures with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Black Zetsu introduced Otsutsuki Kaguya to Uchiha Madara and revealed that he was her will, created to revive her.
• Black Zetsu explained the origins of the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans and compared Madara and Hashirama to Indra and Asura.
• Kaguya threatened to take back Madara’s Chakra, while Black Zetsu told him he was Indra’s latest reincarnation and asked for his help.
• Black Zetsu said Kaguya needed the God Tree to absorb Chakra before casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi and warned that their enemies would attack.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had frozen two ancient corpses in the Land of Snow and planned to resurrect them using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Black Zetsu persuaded Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and Uchiha Madara to gather allies against a powerful, unknown threat. Kaguya resurrected Indra and Asura with the Impure World Reincarnation, and Indra awakened to find his grandmother and descendant waiting for him.

• Black Zetsu warned Ōtsutsuki Kaguya that Uchiha Itachi's summoned beast and another powerful Zetsu could threaten her plans, so they decided to gather forces.
• Kaguya opened a portal toward the Land of Snow to revive Indra and Asura, then sensed a powerful presence on the moon and learned Hamura's descendants remained on Earth.
• Kaguya shattered a glacier and used a God Tree sapling to perform the Impure World Reincarnation on two buried bodies.
• Indra awakened with the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Black Zetsu introduced Kaguya as his grandmother and Madara as his descendant.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya subdued Indra and Asura and prepared to summon the God Tree, while Uchiha Itachi learned that Uchiha Madara had taken Kinkaku and Ginkaku. In Konoha, the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Hokage gathered to plan against Madara, prompting Kisame Hoshigaki to joke that the Five Kage Summit had become a meeting of Hokage generations.

• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya absorbed Indra's Amaterasu, shattered his Complete Body Susanoo with All-Killing Ash Bones, and forced him to kneel.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya subdued Asura and, after Black Zetsu urged her to stop negotiating, prepared to summon the God Tree with Indra, Asura, and Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Itachi confirmed from news from Sunagakure that Uchiha Madara had taken Kinkaku and Ginkaku from Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Uchiha Itachi returned to the Hokage's office and found Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and Namikaze Minato waiting there, while Senju Tobirama called for a combat meeting against Madara and the Ten-Tails.
• Kisame Hoshigaki pointed out that the gathering of four Hokage generations looked like a Five Kage Summit, and the closing exchange joked about the unusual meeting.

During a meeting about Uchiha Madara and the Ten-Tails, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya attacked the Chunin Exams and ripped the Nine-Tails from Naruto Uzumaki. Sasuke Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Itachi moved Naruto and Sasuke to safety as the Hokage confronted Kaguya and her companions.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen joined Uchiha Itachi and the other Hokage to discuss Uchiha Madara's capture of the jinchūriki and the imminent revival of the Ten-Tails.
• Kitahara sensed a sudden threat, and the Hokage rushed out as Ōtsutsuki Kaguya appeared at the Chunin Exams.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya seized the Nine-Tails from Naruto Uzumaki and left him near death, prompting Sasuke Uchiha to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kitahara swept Sasuke out of the arena, while Namikaze Minato prepared to give Naruto the Nine-Tails within himself.
• Uchiha Itachi sent Sasuke, Naruto, and Namikaze Minato to Karin, then stood with Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and the figures beside her.

Otsutsuki Kaguya transported the fighters into another dimension, but Kitahara moved them to a sea of sand and struck back. Kitahara empowered Uchiha Itachi with Six Paths Chakra and began assigning opponents for the coming battles.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya moved everyone into a lava dimension with Amenominaka, and Kitahara opened a space-time gate that sent them to a sea of sand.
• Black Zetsu urged Otsutsuki Kaguya to leave the fight to Asura and Indra while they returned to summon the God Tree.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya gave Uchiha Madara Chakra, granting him six Truth-Seeking Orbs and renewed life force.
• Kitahara intercepted Otsutsuki Kaguya with a Truth-Seeking Orb, then poured Six Paths Chakra and senjutsu into Uchiha Itachi, causing orbs to form behind him.
• Kitahara considered how to match the fighters and judged Senju Tobirama the weakest, prompting Tobirama to protest.

Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and Uchiha Itachi faced Asura, Uchiha Madara, and Indra while Kitahara watched over Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. The fights began, with Hashirama and Asura matching each other’s Wood Release, Tobirama distracting Madara, and Itachi confronting Indra.

• Senju Tobirama agreed to keep Uchiha Madara occupied, while Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Itachi took on Asura and Indra.
• Senju Hashirama and Asura clashed with Wood Release techniques, creating matching wooden giants and becoming locked in a stalemate.
• Uchiha Madara and Indra watched Hashirama’s battle, and Indra questioned how Hashirama could share Asura’s Wood Release bloodline.
• Senju Tobirama provoked Uchiha Madara by mentioning Uchiha Izuna, then dodged Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orb with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Itachi faced Indra, who summoned a Perfect Susanoo and demanded to see Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan abilities.
• Uchiha Itachi awkwardly explained that his clan rarely used the Mangekyō Sharingan anymore.

Uchiha Itachi fought Indra in the desert dimension while Senju Hashirama and Ashura clashed nearby, and Uchiha Madara threatened Senju Tobirama. Itachi struggled to overcome Indra’s rapidly developed counters as the battle left Tobirama still in danger.

• Uchiha Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to attack Senju Tobirama, but Uchiha Itachi destroyed the Limbo clone with a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Indra developed a lightning technique that broke Itachi’s Inferno Flame Heavenly Dragon and used Lightning Flicker to attack him with Susanoo.
• Uchiha Itachi sensed Indra’s movement and damaged Susanoo with Needle Jizō Senbon, then launched a Yang Flame Sword.
• Indra trapped the sword with Lightning Net and summoned a thunderstorm that forced Itachi to defend himself with his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Senju Hashirama and Ashura each summoned True Several Thousand Hands: Buddha on Top, and their wooden statues began striking one another.

Otsutsuki Kaguya and Kitahara began fighting while their Divine Trees trapped the warriors below. Kitahara overpowered Kaguya’s attacks and seized her Ten-Tails form, leaving it wondering how to extract and seal her.

• Otsutsuki Kaguya summoned a Divine Tree that ensnared Hashirama, Tobirama, Itachi, and the other fighters, while Kitahara grew another tree to pursue Indra, Asura, and their allies.
• Kitahara and Otsutsuki Kaguya clashed Truth-Seeking Orbs, then Kaguya fired All-Killing Ash Bones that Kitahara stopped with a wall of feathers.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya unleashed the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but Kitahara scattered her Chakra fists with a single punch and sent her flying.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya transformed into the Ten-Tails, attacked Kitahara with its arms and Tailed Beast Bombs, and was seized by Kitahara’s giant claw.
• Kitahara held the transformed Kaguya and wondered how to extract the Ten-Tails and seal her again.

Kitahara defeated Ōtsutsuki Kaguya with a compressed Truth-Seeking Orb and brought the survivors back to the ninja world. Uchiha Madara then extracted the Ten-Tails and Kaguya’s power, determined to become strong enough to impose his idea of peace.

• Kaguya formed an Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb, but Kitahara launched a compressed orb that overwhelmed it and devastated the ancestral dimension.
• Kitahara transported everyone out of Amenominaka to seek the Sage of Six Paths’ guidance on sealing Kaguya and ending the Impure World Reincarnations.
• Uchiha Itachi stopped Indra and Asura from continuing their fight, while Hashirama declared the war over and tried to reason with Madara.
• Madara plunged his hand into Kaguya’s heart, extracted the Ten-Tails, and became its jinchūriki despite Black Zetsu’s protests.
• Madara absorbed Kaguya’s remaining Chakra Fruit power, then seized Asura and Hashirama to absorb their senjutsu.

Uchiha Madara took control of the battlefield and tried to recruit Uchiha Itachi and Kitahara, but Itachi refused and used Kitahara’s recovered Chakra to fight him. As their clash threatened the fragile ninja world, Madara activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi and began draining Chakra from everyone.

• Uchiha Madara offered Kitahara a summoning contract and promised Uchiha Itachi power for the Uchiha clan if he handed over the crow.
• Uchiha Madara bound Senju Tobirama with tree roots and struck him with a Truth-Seeking Orb, eroding more than half his body.
• Uchiha Itachi refused Madara’s offer, transferred Kitahara’s recovered Chakra into himself, and formed wings from Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Madara clashed with their Truth-Seeking Orb weapons, devastating the surrounding forest and realizing their battle could destroy the ninja world.
• Uchiha Itachi challenged Madara’s limits, but Madara rose toward the moon and activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• The Infinite Tsukuyomi put the ninja world’s people to sleep as the God Tree spread its roots and began draining their Chakra.

Uchiha Itachi and Kitahara’s crow fought Uchiha Madara and the Ten-Tails, stripping away the Tailed Beasts until Madara could no longer maintain his Susanoo. After the battle, Hagoromo descended and greeted Ōtsutsuki Kaguya as his mother.

• Fugaku Uchiha protected those around him from the Infinite Tsukuyomi with his Susanoo, while Sasuke Uchiha doubted the value of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Itachi used his Susanoo’s Totsuka Blade to drain the God Tree’s Chakra, then clashed with Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo.
• Uchiha Madara transformed his Susanoo into armor for the Ten-Tails, and Uchiha Itachi joined with Kitahara’s crow to form a giant armored crow tengu.
• Kitahara’s crow tore the Tailed Beasts from the Ten-Tails, leaving Uchiha Madara too weak to maintain his Susanoo and the Ten-Tails an empty shell.
• Hagoromo descended before the gathered shinobi and addressed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya as his mother.

Uchiha Itachi challenged the Sage of Six Paths’ authority to decide what happened to the resurrected dead and argued that Konoha should handle the aftermath. The Sage of Six Paths, Black Zetsu, and Otsutsuki Kaguya remained at odds as Itachi arranged to take Kaguya, Uchiha Madara, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path back to Konoha.

• The Sage of Six Paths said he would send Indra and Asura back to the underworld, but Uchiha Itachi insisted that Kitahara should be consulted about the Hokage brothers.
• Senju Tobirama questioned whether the Sage of Six Paths was dead or alive, and the Sage explained that he watched over the ninja world from the boundary between life and death.
• Black Zetsu accused the Sage of Six Paths of hypocrisy, then offered Uchiha Itachi secret knowledge about Konoha in exchange for protecting Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Black Zetsu argued over whether Kaguya or Hagoromo had caused more suffering through war and the God Tree.
• Uchiha Itachi said Konoha would take responsibility for the matter and planned to bring the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Uchiha Madara, and Otsutsuki Kaguya back to Konoha while Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama guarded the tailed beasts.

After the Infinite Tsukuyomi ended, Konoha’s leaders decided how to handle Kaguya and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while planning a Hokage succession ceremony. Konan brought news of Madara too late, and the chapter ended with Konoha rebuilding as Itachi and Tsunade considered the Rinnegan’s origins.

• Fugaku told Itachi that Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, while the Sage of Six Paths identified Sasuke as Indra’s reincarnation.
• Itachi convened a meeting where Tsunade and the others assigned the Hyuga clan to guard and monitor Kaguya, with Black Zetsu pressured to provide intelligence.
• Konan arrived to report that Madara had taken the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Itachi told her the war was already over; Jiraiya took her aside for help and learned Danzō had been involved in Yahiko’s death and Nagato’s injuries.
• Itachi and Tsunade agreed to hold a Hokage succession ceremony and discussed whether Mangekyō Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan.
• Itachi looked out over Konoha’s reconstruction as Fugaku and Minato argued with the Sage of Six Paths and villagers began rebuilding their homes.

Second Pillar fought the Akatsuki attackers at Konoha, killing Hidan and Kakuzu before confronting Uchiha Obito. He exposed Obito’s face and left Kisame Hoshigaki as the only attacker still standing.

• Second Pillar kicked Hidan’s head away and clashed with Kisame Hoshigaki, injuring Samehada with a punch.
• Kakuzu attacked with elemental ninjutsu and revealed that he had once fought Senju Hashirama, but Second Pillar destroyed him with a single chakra punch.
• A masked figure appeared to intervene, but Second Pillar pierced Uchiha Obito with lightning and rebuked him for betraying the clan.
• Second Pillar used a Flying Thunder God mark to enter Kamui space and tear off Obito’s mask, revealing his scarred, panicked face.
• Uchiha clan members discussed Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan, his defection, and how he and Sasuke had been called clan disgraces.